But as for that mysterious mountain forest, even Mo Hua hesitates to enter.
No one knows what might be encountered within the forest.
If I were to run into a horde of monster cultivators or a Golden Core Realm evil cultivator, I’d be doomed.
It’s best to find a bodyguard.
But where could I possibly find such a bodyguard?
Mo Hua thought of Gu Changhuai, then immediately shook his head.
"What a pity..."
Uncle Gu isn’t a sect cultivator, so he can’t enter Refining Demon Mountain.
If he were, with him as a fallback, I could venture into the mountain forest of Refining Demon Mountain without a worry to "pick vegetables."
What I need is a Golden Core cultivator, who also happens to be a sect cultivator and is able to enter Refining Demon Mountain.
With these requirements combined, it’s nearly impossible to find anyone.
Mo Hua let out a long sigh.
But midway through his sigh, he suddenly froze.
A silhouette and a familiar aura emerged from Mo Hua’s memories once again.
Mo Hua frowned.
He remembered sensing someone watching him during his first trip to Refining Demon Mountain.
Lurking while Mo Hua was hunting monsters in Refining Demon Mountain, this mysterious sensation often reappeared.
The feeling was at its peak when Mo Hua derived Song Jian’s Sword Qi and calculated the Sever Gold Sect’s Gold-Cutting Sword Formation.
Initially, Mo Hua thought he was imagining things.
But later, at Elder Master Xun’s doorstep, Mo Hua encountered that elder named "Xun Ziyou"...
Xun Ziyou is Elder Master Xun’s successor.
When he saw me, his expression clearly betrayed a brief flash of guilt.
Though he acted distant in conversation, his gaze carried a peculiar familiarity when looking at me.
More so, his aura always struck me as oddly familiar.
Now, connecting all the dots, Mo Hua began to piece things together.
"This bodyguard... maybe I don’t need to go searching for one at all?"
Mo Hua’s expression faltered slightly as he murmured softly:
"Perhaps the possibility is... I already have a ’bodyguard’?"
...
Refining Demon Mountain, deep within the dense forest.
A dark and lightless place, beyond visibility.